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167 1 3. That the prnver revenue derived from said storage system shall be given first priority for the construction of participating in-basin projects necessa~ to meet the present and future water needs of Western Colorado and thereafter to be used on out-of-basin projects only to such an extent as is necessary to enable the State of Colorado as a whole to use the entire share of water allocated to it by the Colorado River and Upper Basin States Compacts. 4. That provision be made for the reservation of adequate electric power for the present and future development of ITestern Colorado and that project plans be so drawn that additional prnver units can be installed to meet those future needs. 5. That the Black Canyon (Crystal Creek) project be given equal construction priority vdth the Echo Park project. 6. That the construction of the Glen Canyon Project be deferred until the practical higher elevation projects are com- pleted and that it be deferred until such time as the Lower Basin States agree to charge the evaporation loss of said project to the share of Colorado River water allocated to them under Compact. BE IT FURTMR RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the Hon. Clifford Stone, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and to the members of said Board from Western Colorado. It was moved by Director Stone, and seconded by Mr. Cross, that the recommendations in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the foregoing resolution be accepted in principle and language in accord with the discussion, and that an additional clause on need for survey funds be included. On vote being taken, the motion carried and was declared unanimously adopted. It was moved by Mr. Cross, seconded by Mr. Gum1ick, that Paragraph 3 be eliminated from comments, without prejudice, for later reconsideration. Thereupon Judge Hughes offered a substitute motion as follows: rl: '. , ~ - That in-basin projects be given first consideration 'as participating projects in Colorado. On being seconded by Mr. Smith, a vote was taken by the shrnving of hands. The Chairman declared the motion adopted. It vms agreed to reword the reference to power development under the Colorado River Project Plan, set forth in Paragraph 4 of the resolution, and to make it apply to all of Colorado, not any designated area of the State. It was moved by Mr. Gumlic;k, and seconded by Mr. Smith, ~ that the Golorado Comments on the Bureau of Reclamation report on the proposed Golorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects; as prepared by the Director and as amended by the Board dur~ng we course of the Board meeting, be adopted.